Online NA · us1 198.254.93.12:28015 checked 13m ago
HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 50 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 59% of all ranked servers, top 76% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 28 Sep, 20:50 UTC30d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Sun 27 Sep, 16:27 UTC31d ago | 1 | – | 1.2 days | 0 |
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
About the server
Is HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only online, and how reliable is it?
The lights are on at HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only: online as you read this. About 22 hours ago is when it restarted, judging by its reported uptime. 165 of 168 hours were up over the last 7 full days, 98% of the time. Rust Player Stats logged it for the first time on 13 September 2026.
Does HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only run smoothly?
53 server fps on average over 48 hours, and never under 4. Up to 139,959 entities sat in the world, buildings and deployables included. 5,760 MB of memory was the high point. Lag, to a player, is these two together: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which Rust version is HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only on?
On Linux, HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To get in, your game needs the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Where is HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only located?
North America is where the NA tag puts HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only, and its region code is us1. Where the machine physically stands is not looked up by Rust Player Stats; it shows only what the server states. 198.254.93.12:28015 is the address.
Lists and filters
What do the server tags on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only mean?
Tags published by HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only and picked up by the in-game browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): It's vanilla survival; mp50 (Max players): The cap is 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the game default; v2635 (Protocol): Game protocol 2635: join only if your game matches that version; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard network layer RakNet is in use; $rus1 (Region code): The region code reads us1; ^p (PvE): Players don't fight each other here; the world does the killing; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser files it under North America; rustmaps (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin added this non-standard tag. The tags carry more besides: present players, queue length and when the world was made, all displayed at the top of this page.
Who runs HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?
One operator most likely runs HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only and the 2 other servers we track that share its hncrust.com hostname.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?
These Rust Player Stats lists take HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only: Modded Rust servers, live, Best Rust PvE servers (2026) and North America Rust servers. Searching the server list with these filters returns it: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server rules
Which map is running on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?
Custom map, size 4,750 on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only: the published file downloads from this page.
What are the rules and settings on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?
The name of HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only does not say what the gather rate is. Groups top out at 8 players, the default for the game. pve, other players are not fought. Plugins or settings change the game, so the server browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins are running. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Population
What is the population on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only at the moment?
Out of 50 slots, 0 are taken on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only at this moment. Averaged across seven days: 0 players. The high point: 1.
Where does HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only sit in the rankings?
HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only sits at #13,117 for player hours in the past seven days — #1,418 in North America and inside the top 59% of every ranked server.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?
The record holds too few of HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only's wipes to tell its rhythm. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the monthly force wipe, when every Rust server wipes. 29 days 23 hours ago, its current world was made.
What does wipe day look like on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?
1 players on average is what its recent wipes drew at their busiest. The crowd reached its peak 1 hours after the latest wipe.
Joining the server
How do I join HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 198.254.93.12:28015. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you. https://hncrust.com is where its website lives.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp50,ptrak,$rus1,v2635,NA,^p,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z,rustmaps
Game
gmvanilla
mp50
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$rus1
Gameplay
^p
Mods and access
^o
^z
Region
NA
Other
rustmaps
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.